Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nuvance Health - Putnam Hospital, 670 Stoneleigh Avenue, CARMEL, NEW YORK 10512
on — Fractures , affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was walking down the hallway when they tripped and fell. The employee sustained a fractured left humerus and tibial plateau.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Other constructed surface
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